APPARATUS FOR ASPIRATING LIQUID FROM A VESSEL
    1.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS FOR ASPIRATING LIQUID FROM A VESSEL 有权
    设备技术液体从容器中回收

    公开(公告)号:EP1163529A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-19

    申请号:EP00913753.0

    申请日:2000-03-06

    IPC分类号: G01N35/10

    CPC分类号: G01N35/1011 G01N35/1079

    摘要: Apparatus for precisely aspirating small volumes of liquid, e.g., a blood sample, contained in a vessel, e.g., a test tube or vial, includes a mechanism for sensing that the tip of an aspirating probe is contacting the bottom of the vessel during the aspiration process. Such a bottom-sensing mechanism is adapted to sense a predetermined forcible interaction between the probe tip and the vessel bottom. In a preferred embodiment, such forcible interaction is sensed by detecting movement of a movably mounted platform that supports the vessel during aspiration. In a second embodiment, the forcible interaction is sensed by detecting the back-emf in a motor winding used to advance the aspiration probe.

    APPARATUS FOR ASPIRATING LIQUID FROM A VESSEL
    2.
    发明授权
    APPARATUS FOR ASPIRATING LIQUID FROM A VESSEL 有权
    设备技术液体从容器中回收

    公开(公告)号:EP1163529B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-01

    申请号:EP00913753.0

    申请日:2000-03-06

    IPC分类号: G01N35/10

    CPC分类号: G01N35/1011 G01N35/1079

    摘要: Apparatus for precisely aspirating small volumes of liquid, e.g., a blood sample, contained in a vessel, e.g., a test tube or vial, includes a mechanism for sensing that the tip of an aspirating probe is contacting the bottom of the vessel during the aspiration process. Such a bottom-sensing mechanism is adapted to sense a predetermined forcible interaction between the probe tip and the vessel bottom. In a preferred embodiment, such forcible interaction is sensed by detecting movement of a movably mounted platform that supports the vessel during aspiration. In a second embodiment, the forcible interaction is sensed by detecting the back-emf in a motor winding used to advance the aspiration probe.